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Medical Robotics for Ultrasound Imaging: Current Systems and Future Trends

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review provides an overview of the most recent robotic ultrasound systems that have contemporary emerged over the past five years, highlighting their status and future directions. The systems are categorized based on their level of robot autonomy (LORA). RECENT FINDINGS: Tele...

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Autores principales: von Haxthausen, Felix, Böttger, Sven, Wulff, Daniel, Hagenah, Jannis, García-Vázquez, Verónica, Ipsen, Svenja
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7898497/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34977593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43154-020-00037-y
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author von Haxthausen, Felix
Böttger, Sven
Wulff, Daniel
Hagenah, Jannis
García-Vázquez, Verónica
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description PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review provides an overview of the most recent robotic ultrasound systems that have contemporary emerged over the past five years, highlighting their status and future directions. The systems are categorized based on their level of robot autonomy (LORA). RECENT FINDINGS: Teleoperating systems show the highest level of technical maturity. Collaborative assisting and autonomous systems are still in the research phase, with a focus on ultrasound image processing and force adaptation strategies. However, missing key factors are clinical studies and appropriate safety strategies. Future research will likely focus on artificial intelligence and virtual/augmented reality to improve image understanding and ergonomics. SUMMARY: A review on robotic ultrasound systems is presented in which first technical specifications are outlined. Hereafter, the literature of the past five years is subdivided into teleoperation, collaborative assistance, or autonomous systems based on LORA. Finally, future trends for robotic ultrasound systems are reviewed with a focus on artificial intelligence and virtual/augmented reality.
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spelling pubmed-78984972021-02-23 Medical Robotics for Ultrasound Imaging: Current Systems and Future Trends von Haxthausen, Felix Böttger, Sven Wulff, Daniel Hagenah, Jannis García-Vázquez, Verónica Ipsen, Svenja Curr Robot Rep Medical and Surgical Robotics (F Ernst, Section Editor) PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review provides an overview of the most recent robotic ultrasound systems that have contemporary emerged over the past five years, highlighting their status and future directions. The systems are categorized based on their level of robot autonomy (LORA). RECENT FINDINGS: Teleoperating systems show the highest level of technical maturity. Collaborative assisting and autonomous systems are still in the research phase, with a focus on ultrasound image processing and force adaptation strategies. However, missing key factors are clinical studies and appropriate safety strategies. Future research will likely focus on artificial intelligence and virtual/augmented reality to improve image understanding and ergonomics. SUMMARY: A review on robotic ultrasound systems is presented in which first technical specifications are outlined. Hereafter, the literature of the past five years is subdivided into teleoperation, collaborative assistance, or autonomous systems based on LORA. Finally, future trends for robotic ultrasound systems are reviewed with a focus on artificial intelligence and virtual/augmented reality. Springer International Publishing 2021-02-22 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7898497/ /pubmed/34977593 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43154-020-00037-y Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Medical Robotics for Ultrasound Imaging: Current Systems and Future Trends
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title_short Medical Robotics for Ultrasound Imaging: Current Systems and Future Trends
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